Unmanned Antares Rocket Explodes Just After Launch To International Space Station

Jill Pantozzi

Published: Oct 28, 2014 07:01 pm

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AP VIDEO: Commercial supply ship bound for International Space Station explodes moments after liftoff. http://t.co/N5OdpIrwOo

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 28, 2014

Writes NASA, “A mishap occurred shortly after liftoff. Orbital has declared a contingency. NASA and Orbital are still determining when a press conference will be held.”

Before launch @OrbitalSciences team wasn't tracking any issues. No injuries have been reported & all personnel around launch site accounted.

— NASA (@NASA) October 28, 2014

Orbital Sciences, the creators of the rocket for NASA, wrote on twitter it was a “vehicle anomaly.” NPR says it was carrying “5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments” to the ISS.

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Jill Pantozzi

Jill Pantozzi is a pop-culture journalist and host who writes about all things nerdy and beyond! She’s Editor in Chief of the geek girl culture site The Mary Sue (Abrams Media Network), and hosts her own blog “Has Boobs, Reads Comics” (TheNerdyBird.com). She co-hosts the Crazy Sexy Geeks podcast along with superhero historian Alan Kistler, contributed to a book of essays titled “Chicks Read Comics,” (Mad Norwegian Press) and had her first comic book story in the IDW anthology, “Womanthology.” In 2012, she was featured on National Geographic’s "Comic Store Heroes," a documentary on the lives of comic book fans and the following year she was one of many Batman fans profiled in the documentary, "Legends of the Knight."